Civil Engineering Calculators
Civil Engineering Calculators
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After 10 years of good use my HP 48g quite working. Does anybody have a recommendation for a replacement?
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RE: Civil Engineering Calculators
The thing that does it for me are the physical keys. Why HP got away from making the keys the way they have for 30 years is beyond me.
The 48g seems to be the best because it's got only 32k of RAM. Since it accesses all of the RAM for each operation, less means it will run faster. Only heavy programming type folks need the 128k and expansion found in the gx.
If you "heard" it on the internet, it's guilty until proven innocent. - DCS
RE: Civil Engineering Calculators
it's mostly the same except
/ is where enter was
x is where / was
- is where x was
+ is where - was
enter is where + was
i can't tell you how much agony retraining my fingers has been.
RE: Civil Engineering Calculators
RE: Civil Engineering Calculators
Some of the older engineers around here use the HP 32s and 41's, they are starting to give out and the used costs for those older ones are going through the roof.
Get on EBAY and look for some 48g's (~$50-60).
I bought 2 extras in the last year just so I wouldnt be at a loss in the future. There are no quality RPN calculators out there anymore.
Friendly reminder if you buy spares: remove the battery or they will corrode.
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Stephen Argles
Land & Marine
www.landandmarine.com
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I also have the 33S - I really don't like using it much...
RE: Civil Engineering Calculators
RE: Civil Engineering Calculators
If you "heard" it on the internet, it's guilty until proven innocent. - DCS
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RE: Civil Engineering Calculators
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These days I am more likely to get out my lap top and run excel than pull out my calculator which is a shame - It used to be much more impressive to flip open the 28S in a meeting and run a solver solution.
I understand HP are re-launching the HP 35S – since my lap top has now superseded my calculator for anything but simple functions I would buy the 35S out of nostalgia
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Mike McCann
McCann Engineering
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There are a number of web sites devoted to the HP-41 such as www.hp41.org and www.hpmuseum.org/hp41.htm
Also see the links at http://www.hp41.org/Links.cfm
Google will find these and others.
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Thanks a bunch for the leads. The printer's been collecting dust for 10 years. Think it needs to be cleaned too? :)
Mike McCann
McCann Engineering